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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Coming up
with an outfit including ivory tights is not easy. I think the ivory tights
work well in a total ivory outfit, or mixed with neutrals. They also look better in models with
skinny legs (not my case!). I found a great fashion editorial in which Olga Maliouk wears
ivory tights in some of the looks, check it out here. I included some of looks in
the end of the post (source: http://fashnberry.com). Hint: you may see me
wearing similar inspired outfits in the near future ;)
ETA: Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Pale
pink and white is one of this season’s popular color combos. All the wardrobe
elements worn here are from past seasons but I’ve never wore them together like
this before. I’ve made the white wide pants just before starting on my leathersleeves coat and I didn’t write the sewing review back then because I felt, “ahem”,
sort of dismayed about these pants… They didn’t fit me around the waist. It was
just before I got pregnant and I must have gained some weight back then. The
gap was so wide (near 2inches) that I remember thinking that I must have messed
up with the pattern sizing (pure old denial, lol). Before I knew it I got
pregnant and dieting was out of the equation…So I never got to wear these pants until after getting back to my normal
weight. The pattern is from the October 2011 BurdaStyle magazine, model#124A.

So
I published four outfits in a row, I didn’t think it would be possible! The
weather has been sunny which is in favor of outdoor pictures, Henrique has been
waking up a little earlier in the morning lately, providing me with some extra time to take a few pictures without running late to work and in the evening I’ve
been putting him to sleep at 21h00, meaning I can spend some time writing if I’m
not busy doing other chores. I don’t expect every day to be like this, there
will be times when blogging won’t be possible… But while it lasts, let’s enjoy
it, right?

Monday, November 25, 2013

Today was a
good day: it was sunny and I was able to spare a few minutes in the morning
photographing what I was wearing. Why the mixing contrasts title, you may ask?
Well, I’m mixing two kinds of contrasts in this outfit: the color contrast
(coral and monochrome black/white) and the classic/edgy contrast as well: A
classic (touching vintage style) coat (made by me, click here for the sewing
post) and an edgier combination of total leather in black and the cropped top
trend. From this point of view the day would be perfect if I had the means of
taking top quality photos like some of the wardrobe/street style blogs I follow…
One does the best one can with an old Olympus camera, a remote and a tripod,
plus the husband shouting out loud that we’d already be late to work…

Sunday, November 24, 2013

I misss blogging so much... I'm not sure I know how anymore, lol! Anyway I wanted to thank all of you who kept coming back and never forgot me... Big hugs to you all!

I'm wearing a coat that I've made myself, actually the last finished sewing project since I got pregnant... I started sewing this coat back in the end of 2011 and put it aside when I got pregnant (I don't know why but my sewing mojo has vanished during pregnancy!). A couple of months ago I made an effort to finish it and here it is, almost two years later. I'll try to post a few more details over at my sewing blog, whenever I have some free time. Click here for the coat's sewing details!

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This is a non-professional, non-commercial blog where I document my personal style. Some of the clothes I wear are self-made; I'm a hobbyist dressmaker (sewing only for my personal use) and a fashion lover.